Memorandum-calendar.



HPATENTED JULY 190?. L. n. DOZIBR.

MEMORANDUM CALENDAR,

APPLIOATION rm JAE. '1. 1907.

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LEWIS D. DOZIER, orsr. LOUIS, lnissoonra mnmonsnnoii-osnnnnsn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 2, 1907.

Application filed January 7,1907. Serial No- 351,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs D. .DOZIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 319 North Fourth street, St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented a certain new. and useful Impro ement in Memorandum-Calendars,of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact description, 'such aswill enable others skill'edin the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing a memorandum calendar constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a memorandum device.

1 One object of my invention is to provide a memorandum calendar inwhich the paper or material that the memos or notes are written on is inthe form of a continuous strip or web that is wound up into a roll as itis used and can thus be preserved as a permanent record.

Another object of my invention is to provide a memorandum calendar whichis so constructed that no dead matter is exposed to view, and onlycurrentevents are displayed; and still another object of my invention isto provide a memorandum calendar in which the memo spaces for anextended period are displayed so that the user can jot down events thatare to transpire at some future date and can also refer to these memosor notes without moving the strip upon which The device which I haveherein shown as embodying the preferred form'of my invention is of thattype commonly termed desk calendar, and briefly stated consists of acontinuous strip or web of material having the days of the month printedthereon'and leading from a supply roller over the upper face of asupport and to a receiving roller.- In the drawings, 1 designates thesupport over which the web or record strip passes, this support beingpreferably inclined and provided at its.

upper end with supporting legs 2, which may be formed by a metal strip 3that passes across the upper end of the support and is then bentdownwardly to form the legs 2. A continuous web of paper or record strip4 is wound up to form a supply roll A and this roll is preferablysupported on a roller 5 mounted in the legs 2, and provided at one endwith a knurled fingerpiece 6, by which the roller may be turned. Therecord strip 4 leads from the supply roll over the underneath face ofthe support or member 1, around a roller 7 at the lower end of thesupport and thence over the upper face of the support to a receivingroller 8 also mounted in the legs 2, and provided at its outer end witha finger piece 9. The roller 7 is journaled in brackets 10 secured tothe lower end of the support 1, and these brackets are preferablyprovided with buffers or pads 11, which may consist of rubbercapsmounted on depending legs on the brackets. The rollers-5 and 8 areremovably mountedin the legs 2 so that they can bo taken out after therecord strip has been wound onto the roll 8 and a fresh or clean'recordstrip is to be wound ontothe supply'roller5.

In the construction herein shown, one of the legs 2 is provided withslots 12 to receive the trunnions on at Fig. -2. For preventingaccidental displacements of the rollers 5 and 8 I prefer to mountwashers 14 on the trunnions 'of the rollers which are arranged in theslots 12 and to provide the leg 2 with lugs or projections 15, behindwhich the washers 14 catch, the washers being pressed against theoutside face of the leg by means of coiled springs 16 interposed betweensaid washers and the finger piece of said rollers as shown in Figs. 1and 3, this mechanism also acting as a fiiction device for the rollers.The rollers 5 and 8 are provided with projections or teeth 17 shown indotted lines in Fig. 2, to which the ends of the record strip 4 areconnected. The legs 2are also preferably provided with buffers orcushions 18 of similar construction to those at the lower endof thesupport. The record strip 4 has a calendar printed along one edgethereof and is provided with spaces opposite the figures representingthe days of the month in which the memos or other notes are recorded.This record strip may be of any desired length. It may cover a period ofseveral months, a year or several years.

strip is provided with a space to record thenameof the person with whomthe engagement is made, a space to record the place where the engagementis to be kept, and a space to record the time of the engagement, themetal strip 3 under which the record strip passes being provided withappropriate words which constitute headings for the columns 'of the.iecord strip. It should be understood, however, that the particularprinting or ruling ofthe record strip is immaterial so far as my broadidea is concerned.

By' turning the receiving roller 8 the record strip iscaused to travelover the'upper face. of the'support the opposite direction and thus beunwound from the receivingrollenonto the supply roller; this being for r',The device herein shown is adapted to be used for recordingengagements and to this end the record the purpose of enabling the userto turn the strip no dead matter or memos of events that have takenplace, for the record strip is moved one step forward at the beginningof each day. Furthermore there is always exposed on the upper side ofthe support the notes ormemos for an extended period, say for exampleten or fifteen days and on the underneath side of the support the recordof the succeeding ten or fifteen days, so that the user has before himat all times the list of events which are to take place within the succeeding 20 to days so that when he wishes to refer to or make a note ofany event that will transpire within that time he does not have to turnover a number of leaves or slips as is necessary with the desk,calendars heretofore in general use.

While I have herein stated that the portion of the record strip coveringa period of tenor fifteen days is exposed on the upper side of thesupport, it will, of

course, berunderstood that the portionoi the strip which is exposed isimmaterial so far as my invention is concerned.- a

Another advantage of a calendar of this construction is that the recordstrip can be preserved after it has been used and thus form a permanentrecord.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A memorandum calendar comprising an inclined support, a metal guide.plate extending across the upper end of said support and being bentdownwardly to form supporting legs, a roller mounted in saidlegs andhaving WWW a record strip wound thereon, said strip being provided withnumerals desigfiatlng the days of the month and passing around saidsupport and underneath the guide plate at the upper end thereof, and areceiving roller adjustably mounted in said supporting legs and havingone end oi the record strip connected thereto; substantially asdescribed.

' 2. A memorandum calendar comprising an inclined support, metalbrackets secured to the lower end of said support, an idlerollerjournaled in said brackets, a guide plate fastened to the upper end -ofsaid support and provided with integral supporting legs, a supply rollerand a receiving roller removably mounted in said supporting legs, and acontinuous calendar having its opposite ends connected to the supplyroller and the receiving roller and passing over both faces of saidsupport and underneath the guide plate; substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described comprising a supporting memberprovided with legs, one of which is provided with slots, rollers mountedin said legs and provided with trunnions that are arranged in' saidslots, washers mounted on said trunnions and co operating with lugs onthelegs, finger pieces at the outer end of said trunnions, springsinterposed between said finger pieces and washers and a continuousrecord strip extending over the upper and underneath faces of saidsupport and connected at its opposite ends to said rollers; sub-

